Garment hanger



P. FRIEDMAN GARMENT HANGER Sept. 15, 1936.

Filed March 8, 1935 INVENTOR. FQ/fO/WAM H/L/P ATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 15 1936 l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,054,654 GARMENTHANGER. Philip Friedman. New York, N. Y. Application March 8, 1935,Serial No. 9,945

3 Claims. (Cl. 223-98) This invention relates to improvements in garskirts or the like when passed thereover. Such ment hangers and moreparticularly to a jacket construction of hangers are inexpensive ofmanuor cover attachment for garment hangers of the facture due to thefact that they are formed from wire variety. a single length of wire butthe same are unsat- 5 One of the main features of the inventionreisfactory due to the narrow gage wire which 5 sides in a cardboardcover or jacket for use in 7 tends to crease the garment hung thereon.It association with the wire type of garment hanger is therefore thepurpose of this invention to apto prevent the narrow gage wire of whichsuch ply a cover or jacket to such type of wire hanger hangers areconstructed from causing creases to avoid the above objection, a d toprovide 10 to appear in coats, pants, dresses, ties, or other ample.surface on which an advertisement may 10 apparel which may be hungthereon. appear. 4

Another object of the invention is to provide The cover or jacket isdesignated in its entirety a cardboard cover for wire garment hangers asat M and by particular reference to Figure 6 which is inexpensive and onwhich an advertiseof the drawing, it will be seen that the same is mentmay appear, thus making such type of garconstructed of a single blank ofstifi bendable 15 ment hangers attractive for advertising purposesmaterial A preferably cardboard. The blank is by tailors, valet serviceestablishments, haberirregular in plan but somewhat of a generaltridashers, dress shops, and other like business conangular shape andwhich includes a triangular cems. shaped front wall l5 having adownwardly pro- A further object of the invention is the projectingextension piece l6 coextensive with its 20 vision of a garment hangercover which is conlower edge and which extends thereacross. The structedfrom a single blank of cardboard which inclined sides of the triangularshaped front wall may be folded about a wire garment hanger to I5 areseparated from substantially triangular enclose the same to enable onlythe wire hook shaped rear flaps l1 and lBby double score lines toproject therefrom for suspension purposes, l9 and 20 respectively. Thetop ends of the flaps 25 the cover being secured in position byinterlocking I! and I8 terminate in spaced relation adjacent Y meansformed from'the cardboard blank to avoid the apex of the front wall l5,while the top end the use of clips or other separate fastening devices.of the flap I1 is provided with a locking tongue With these and otherobjects in view, the in- 2| for interlocking in a slot 22 provided inthe vention resides in the novel construction, comtop end of the flapl8. The apex of the front wall bination and arrangement of parts, theessential I5 is notched inwardly as at 23 to accommodate features ofwhich are hereinafter fully described, the shank of the hook ll of thewire hanger ID are particularly pointed out in the appended whiledirectly below and adjacent the notch 23, claims, and are illustrated inthe accompanying the front wall is provided with a slot 24 for a w inwhich! purpose to be hereinafter explained. 35

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of my im Cut from the front wall I5adjacent the bottom Proved garmen hangeredge thereof is a transverselydisposed flap 25 Figure 2 is a rear elevational view thereof. adapted tofold downwardly over the extension Figure 3 is a top plan view. piece ison the double transversely disposed score Figure 4 is an enlargedvertical-sectional view line 26. The flap 25 is provided with a trans-40 on the line 44 of Figure 1. versely disposed slit 2'! to receive thelocking Figure 5 is an enlarged horizontal sectional tongue 28 formedintegral with the central porview on the line 5-5 of Figure 1. tion ofthe extension piece I6 and foldable up- Figure 6 is a. plan view of thecardboard blank wardly on the double score line 29. i from which thehanger cover is constructed. -The extension piece l6 beyond oppositesides Referring to the drawing by.reference charof the plane of thetongue 28 is provided with acters, Ill designates a conventional type ofwire slots 30 which serve as necktie racks when the garment hanger whichincludes a hook H from cover is in use upon the garment hangerflfl.which outwardly and downwardly-diverging arms When it is desired toenclose the hanger I0 |2l2 extend, and which arms are joined at with oneof the covers or jackets M, the hanger 50 their outer ends by a crossbar l3. The arms Ill is placed against the inner side of the front l2-l2and cross bar l3 form a substantially triwall IS, the arms l2l2 of thehanger aligning angular shaped frame, the arms serving to supwith andbeing parallel to the double score lines port a coat, vest, dress, orlike garment, while l9 and 20 'while the cross bar l3 alines with andthe cross bar is intended to support pants, ties, is parallel with thetransverse score line 26. The 55 flap 25 is next folded inwardly anddownwardly to enclose the cross bar iii of the hanger and is held downby the bending of the tongue 28 upwardly and inserting the free end ofthe tongue into the slit 21 as clearly shown in Figures 2 andv 4 of thedrawing. The terminal end of the tongue 28 underlies the cross bar I3 ofthe hanger, and

the tongue assumes a bulged out appearance as illustrated in Figure 4.The flaps l1 and 18 are next folded inwardly upon the double score linesl9 and- 20, the tongue end of the flap ll overlying the slotte'd end ofthe flap I 8 and the tongue 2| being inserted into the slot 22 andinterlocke of fold of the blank, it is possible to increase the width ofthe fold to avoid sharp folded edges to prevent creasing of the garmenthung upon the hanger.

The front wall I 5 of the hanger on the outer side thereof may containadvertising indicia 3| as shown in Figure l of the drawing, thus makingthe article attractive for advertising purposes.

When the flap 25 is folded into position over the cross bar l3 of thehanger, an elongated slot 32 is formed in the front wall and which slotpermits of the insertion of a pair of pants, skirt or other like apparelto be inserted therethrough and hung upon the extension piece 16. Itwillof course be understood that a coat, vest, dress or other likegarment may be supported by the inclined sides of the cover and thatneckties may be hung upon the racks 30.

The slot 24 provided in the front wall I 5 permits of the insertion ofthe hook end of a rod to engage beneath the apex portion of the wirehanger ill in instances where the hanger may be hung out of reach and itis desired tovremove the hanger from its hung position.

While I have shown and described what I consider to be themost practicalembodiments of triangular shaped frame, a cardboard jacket ineluding afront wall, a pair of rear flaps integral with said front wall andfolded on lines parallel to and over the inclined sides of saidtriangular shaped frame to a position rearwardly of said front wall, andinterlocking means between said rear flaps for securing the sametogether, a transversely disposed flap cut and bent from said front walland folded downwardly over the cross bar of said triangular shapedframe, an extension piece depending from said front wall, and a tonguebent upwardy from the mid portion of said extension piece and entering aslot provided in the transversely disposed down turned flap.

2. A jacket for attachment to a garment hanger comprising a single blankof bendable cardboard cut and scored to provide a triangular shapedfront wall, a pair of bendable triangular shaped rear flaps coextensivewith the inclined sides of said front wall, coac'ting interlocking meansat the top ends of said rear flaps for securing the flaps together whenthey are bent rearwardly and downwardly over the inclined sides of agarment hanger, a transversely disposed flap cut from said front walland adapted to be folded downwardly over the cross bar of a garmenthanger, an extension piece depending from said front wall, and

along score lines parallel to the inclined sides of said front wall, thewider ends of said triangular shaped rear flaps being disposed in closeproximity to each other adjacent the apex of said front wall, a.hooktongue at the wider end of one of said rear flaps adapted to enter aslot in the adjacent end of theother rear flap when the flaps are foldedover said front wall, an inwardly foldable elongated flap cut from saidfront wall,

the opening left by the formation of said elongated flap constituting atrousers receiving opening, said triangular shaped rear flaps adapted tolie clear the mid portion thereof and foldable inwardly for insertion ina slot provided in said elongated 4 PHILIP FRIEDMAN.

